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Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
Follow a director as he films a motion picture adaption of Eugène Ionesco's The New Tenant
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)
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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
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Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
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What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.
10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

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Examine how to direct a film adaption of Walter van Tilburg Clark's short story “The Portable Phonograph”
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Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau
American director, producer and actor
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat
Iranian-born American artist
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne
American actress and filmmaker
Jon M. Chu
Jon M. Chu
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Viggo Mortensen
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi
New Zealand director
Martin McDonagh
Martin McDonagh
British-Irish playwright and filmmaker
Wayne Wang
Wayne Wang
Hong Kong-born director, producer, and screenwriter
Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle
American actor
Chloé Zhao
Chloé Zhao
Chinese director
Eugene Vakhtangov
Russian actor, director, and producer
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
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Channing Tatum
Channing Tatum
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S.S. Rajamouli
S.S. Rajamouli
Indian film director and screenwriter
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Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, with her dog, Toto, from the motion picture film The Wizard of Oz (1939); directed by Mervyn LeRay. (cinema, movies)
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